• Acronyms & Abbreviations
  
  • Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/
    
  • Official United States Postal Service Abbreviations http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
• Almanacs
  • Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/
    
  • Old Farmer's Almanac http://www.almanac.com/index.php
    
  • 50states.com http://www.50states.com/
    
• Calendars
  • Perpetual Calendar http://www.wiskit.com/calendar.html
    
  • Virtual Perpetual Calendar http://www.vpcalendar.net/
• Dictionaries
  • Allwords http://www.allwords.com/
    
  • American Heritage Dictionary http://www.bartleby.com/61/
    
  • Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/
    
  • OneLook Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com/index.html
    
  • Rhymezone http://www.rhymezone.com/
• Encyclopedias
  • Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/
    
  • eHow (requires free registration) http://www.ehow.com/home/home.jsp
    
  • Encyclopedias via NC Live (in library access; home access requires a password available by calling or visiting the library) http://www.nclive.org/browse.phtml?page=1&type=1
    
  • North Carolina Encyclopedia http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/cover.htm
    
  • TechEncyclopedia http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
    
  • Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
• Etiquette
  • Emily Post's Etiquette http://www.bartleby.com/95/
• Holidays
  • Earth Calendar http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php
    
  • Encyclopedia of Days http://www.shagtown.com/days/
    
  • Holidays on the Net http://www.holidays.net/
• Quotations
  • Bartlett's Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/100/
• Subject Directories
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  • Refdesk http://www.refdesk.com/
    
  • libraryspot http://www.libraryspot.com
    
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org
    
  • Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
    
  • Virtual Reference Shelf (from Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html#General%20History
• This Day in History
  • Born on this Day http://www.biography.com/perl/also_botd.cgi
    
  • This Day in History http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=leadstory
    
  • This Day in Movie History http://us.imdb.com/OnThisDay